лето

See also: љето

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛtɔ/

Noun

лето • (leto) n

1. summer, summertime
2. (archaic) year

Inflection

Declension of лето

	singular	plural
indefinite	лето	лета
definite unspecified	летото	летата
definite proximal	летово	летава
definite distal	летоно	летана
vocative	лето	лета

See also

• летен (leten)
• циганско лето (cigansko leto)

Seasons in Macedonian · годишни времиња (godišni vreminja) (layout · text) · category
пролет (prolet, “spring”)	лето (leto, “summer”)	есен (esen, “autumn”)	зима (zima, “winter”)

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Russian

Alternative forms

• лѣ́то (lě́to) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom. Cognate with Ukrainian літо (lito), Belarusian слеціць (sljecicʹ, “to warm”), слетный (sljetnyj, “warmish”), Bulgarian лято (ljato), Serbo-Croatian лето, љето, Slovene poletje, Czech léto, Slovak leto, Polish lato, and Upper and Lower Sorbian lěto. Possibly also cognate with Old Gutnish laþigs (“spring”) and dialectal Swedish låding, låing (“spring”), i lådigs (“last spring”) (from Proto-Germanic *lēþ-), and with Irish lá (“day”). In addition, лѣто (lěto) may be related to Old Church Slavonic лѣѭ (lějǫ, “to pour”), which is cognate with Lithuanian and Latvian lietus (“rain”). Possibly also related to Latin laetus (“rich, fertile, excellent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲetə]

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Noun

ле́то • (léto) n inan (genitive ле́та, nominative plural лета́, genitive plural лет)

1. summer

   ле́том ― létom ― in summer; in the summer

   на ле́то ― na léto ― for the summer

   про́шлое ле́то ― próšloje léto ― last summer

2. pl: years, age, summers

   пять лет тому́ наза́д ― pjatʹ let tomú nazád ― five years ago

   Он в лета́х ― On v letáx ― He is elderly.

   Ско́лько вам лет? ― Skólʹko vam let? ― How old are you?

Declension

Declension of ле́то (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ле́то léto	лета́ letá
genitive	ле́та léta	ле́т lét
dative	ле́ту létu	лета́м letám
accusative	ле́то léto	лета́ letá
instrumental	ле́том létom	лета́ми letámi
prepositional	ле́те léte	лета́х letáx

Derived terms

• ба́бье ле́то (bábʹje léto)
• инде́йское ле́то (indéjskoje léto)

 

Related terms

• ба́бье ле́то n (bábʹje léto)
• год (god)
• ле́тний (létnij)
• ле́том (létom)
• летопи́сец (letopísec)
• ле́топись (létopisʹ)
• леточисление (letočislenije)

See also

• (seasons) времена́ го́да (vremená góda) or сезо́ны (sezóny) (less commonly); весна́ (vesná), ле́то (léto), о́сень (ósenʹ), зима́ (zimá) ^{(Category: ru:Seasons)}

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) ље̏то
• (Ikavian) lito

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto (“year”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêto/
• Hyphenation: ле‧то

Noun

ле̏то n (Latin spelling lȅto)

1. summer, summertime
2. (archaic) year

Declension

Declension of лето

	singular	plural
nominative	ле̏то	лета
genitive	лета	ле̑та̄
dative	лету	летима
accusative	лето	лета
vocative	лето	лета
locative	лету	летима
instrumental	летом	летима

Derived terms

• ле̏ти (lȅti, “in (the) summer, during the summer”)

 

See also

Seasons in Serbo-Croatian · godišnja doba / годишња доба (layout · text) · category
spring: proleće, proljeće пролеће, прољеће	summer: leto, ljeto лето, љето	autumn: jesen јесен	winter: zima зима